Language and Literacy Beyond Decoding

$45.00

Edited By: Rebecca D. Silverman (Edited by), Kristin Keane
ISBN: 9781462559596
  • Leading literacy scholars address how to build language and reading comprehension from a science-of-reading perspective.
  • Clear guidance for planning evidence-based comprehension instruction for students ages 4 to 11 (PreK–6).
  • Key topics include strategy and text structure instruction, reading motivation, assessment for comprehension instruction, and supporting comprehension with multilingual students.
  • Ideal for both professional development and text use— chapters include guiding questions, concise research reviews, classroom examples, and reflection questions.

Description

Successful reading comprehension requires readers to draw on a range of language comprehension abilities alongside decoding. This timely teacher reference and text explains how language comprehension develops throughout grades PreK–6 and presents evidence-based instructional strategies. The volume reviews innovative ways to conduct content-rich classroom conversations, deliver strategy and text structure instruction, target motivational aspects of comprehension, use assessment to guide comprehension-focused instruction, and more. Ways to support language and reading comprehension with multilingual and multidialectal learners are considered in depth. Ideal for professional learning within a science-of-reading perspective, each chapter provides guiding questions, research reviews, classroom applications, and reflection questions.

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